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    New Years Resolution, Sort of

    Bymichelle January 21, 2010July 27, 2022

    When I joined a 365 photo pool, I thought it would just be a fun little outlet. I had no idea how time consuming and frustrating taking a photo of…

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  • books | thinking out loud

    My Faves

    Bymichelle January 16, 2010July 27, 2022

    All that’s missing is Starship Troopers (nothing like the movie) and The Hiding Place, my favorite book by Corrie Ten Boom. I can’t find it. Maybe its in a box…

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  • photography | thinking out loud | yoga

    Practice

    Bymichelle January 11, 2010July 27, 2022

    I have always liked that word. Especially when applied to the fun stuff: the things I blog about. Getting back into my yoga practice today felt very good. I pretty…

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  • droids | homemaking | martial arts | photography | thinking out loud

    I See the World Through the Lens of a Polaroid ca 1979

    Bymichelle January 9, 2010July 27, 2022

    (365 day 5 photo) Maybe I’m overusing this application- taking the easy way out of perfect composition, soft focus, and dreamy tint. Maybe I’m too cheap to waste my birthday…

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  • droids | family | parenting | thinking out loud

    90 Years

    Bymichelle January 7, 2010July 27, 2022

    Yesterday Papaw turned 90. So today he’d say he’s practically 91. I’ve always loved visiting my grandparents home, I’d always come home smelling a little of his pipe smoke. He…

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  • animals | droids | photography | thinking out loud

    Cabin Fever

    Bymichelle January 5, 2010July 27, 2022

    Oh yeah, we’ve got it.

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  • homemaking | thinking out loud

    I Don’t Wanna

    Bymichelle December 31, 2009July 27, 2022

    I don’t want to take it down. I haven’t gotten to sit and read or knit by the lights at night enough. I want another week, especially after all the…

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  • my home | thinking out loud

    Christmas Night

    Bymichelle December 26, 2009July 27, 2022

    Winter makes sense of our basic needs. There’s clarity sitting by a fire, huddling together, lit from the inside out. I could stay up all night.

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  • homemaking | photography | thinking out loud

    Christmas Snapshots

    Bymichelle December 21, 2009July 27, 2022

    This is what our friends and relatives will see on our Christmas cards. They won’t see that my son is cranky, my daughter is just barely tolerating this portrait, and…

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  • food | thinking out loud

    Man the Kitchen

    Bymichelle December 17, 2009July 27, 2022

    My husband did this. Lemon cream. Skillz.

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